Honored: 2002Location: Netanya, Isreal
Uri Afek has been a major presence in Israeli sports
for more than thirty years, serving as Director-General
of the Israel Olympic Committee and Israeli Chef
de Mission for the Olympic Games of 1984, 1988 and
1992.

Afek has been a member of the Board of Directors
of Wingate Institute in Netanya, the Track and Field
Athletic Center at Tel Aviv’s Hadar Yosef, and the
Olympic Shooting Range in Herzliya. He served as Chairman of the Board of the
Zinman College at Wingate and the "Elite Sports Center at Tel-Aviv University.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Afek was the Israel-USA liaison officer to Maccabi
USA/Sports for Israel, and headed the delegation to the 13th and 14th Hapoel
Games as well as the 12th, 13th and 14th Maccabiah Games.

During his distinguished career, Afek has been a national volleyball coach,
an international volleyball referee, and author of numerous books and hundreds
of articles on volleyball, sport training, coaching and physical education.

The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually, honoring those individuals
who have made significant contributions to the State of Israel and society
through sports.